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in
Charmaine’s kitchen at the table in an alcove. The cheerful yellow
and green decor contrasted greatly with the dark hours they’d spent
earlier. Sunshine streamed through the windows above the sink.
Scotty shoved a mound of eggs into his mouth. Diamond munched on a
slice of bacon. Diamond’s little girl sat in a chair with a fist
full of grits. She was happily getting more food on her face than
in her mouth.
    “I’m glad to see the sun come up on a new
day,” Charmaine said. “That’s a blues song my last foster mother
used to sing. And that’s exactly how I feel.”
    “Jessi is still knocked out. I mean she
looks like she’s in a coma,” Diamond said as she tried to wipe her
toddler’s cheeks clean.
    “Once she finally felt safe, Jessi could
relax,” Charmaine replied calmly.
    “She’s right, Diamond. I’ve seen big strong
dudes do the same thing. They just fall out after running on
adrenalin for hours, even days,” Scotty added.
    “Don’t worry, Diamond. We’re all going to be
okay.” Charmaine wiped her hands on the kitchen towel. Then she
blew a kiss at little Indyah.
    Scotty wiped his mouth with a paper napkin
and sat back. “By the way, Charmaine, how did you know that Front
had hidden video cameras in his house?”
    “Humph, he knew Keisha was up to no good I
bet,” Diamond put in and continued swabbing down her squirming
toddler.
    Charmaine leaned against the counter. “I
didn’t. Jessi told me.”
    Scotty wore a baffled expression as he
digested her reply for a few seconds. “Wait a minute, Jessi knew
Front before?”
    “No,” Charmaine said.
    “Then how...” Scotty blinked exchanged a
glance with Diamond who shrugged.
    “James Leland Front told Jessi. The dead
seem drawn to her, those who can’t move on and want to tell their
stories. I had to hypnotize her to get the details.”
    “Damn,” Scotty and Diamond exclaimed in
unison.
    “Keisha and Lorenzo will go to prison for a
long time. Too bad about Lorenzo cause he was good company. At
least I got that little bonus before I had to burn him,” Charmaine
said. She grinned at them and went back to washing the breakfast
dishes.
     
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good common sense to sort through the lies and double crossing of
the upper-class.
     

     
     
     
     
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